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R
Zotero
Excel
EndNote
VBA
Python

Language skills

German
French
English
Dutch

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Frederick Thielen

I am a distinguished Health Technology Assessment (HTA) researcher with a robust portfolio demonstrating significant contributions to addressing challenges in European health care systems. My specialistion is in the integration of economic research into health sciences, providing innovative solutions to complex issues. I demonstrates commitment to hard work, collaboration, and embrace a broad-spectrum perspective that fosters diversity and innovation.

I am proficient in leveraging the R programming language for various applications, including document creation, demonstrating adaptability and advanced analytical capability.

Current positions

Senior researcher

Trimbos institute

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Current - 2023

Research advisor

Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2022

  • Research advisor Erasmus MC Pharmacy: group of Clinical Pharmacometrics

Assistant professor

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2021

  • Teaching activities as course co-coordinator, lecturer, and tutor
  • Co-promoter of 4 PhD students
  • Research activities in several international, EU-funded research projects

Teacher in Statistical Programming & Data Science in R (freelance)

TriData

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Current - 2019

  • Teacher of the course: Statistical programming in R (in Dutch)

Education

PhD in Health Technology Assessment

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2020 - 2015

Research Master Health Sciences

Maastricht University

Maastricht, The Netherlands

2015 - 2013

  • Grade point average (GPA): 8.2
  • Participant in the PREMIUM Honours Programme

BSc European Public Health

Maastricht University

Maastricht, The Netherlands

2013 - 2010

  • Participant in the Honours Programme “Governance of Health Care Innovations”
  • Minor semester at Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom, 2012)

Working Experience

Student Assistant

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2015 - 2015

Research Intern

Trimbos institute

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2015 - 2014

  • Research internship for the Master thesis
  • Member of the working group “Early Psychosis” (technical modelling team)

Nurse

University Hospital Aachen

Aachen, Germany

2015 - 2006

  • Nurse at a ward of internal medicine
  • Released delegate of the Staff Council in 2010

Teaching Assistant & Module Coordinator

Maastricht University

Maastricht, The Netherlands

2014 - 2013

  • Teaching assistant for the study European Public Health
  • Module coordinator for the pre‑bachelor course European Public Health

Research Assistant and Intern

RAND Europe

Cambridge, United Kingdom

2013 - 2013

  • Research internship for the Bachelor thesis
  • Research Assistant for the team Health and Healthcare (4 months)

Teaching Experience

Driven by a passion for education, I thrive on pioneering and employing novel paedagogical techniques to elevate student learning.

Lectures at Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2019

  • Health Care Costs
  • Quailty of Life
  • Economic aspects and reimbursement considerations for the treatment of haematological cancers

Lectures at Erasmus Medical Center

Erasmus Medical Center

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2019

  • A brief introduction to Health Technology Assessment and Economic Evaluations

Lecture at Utrecht University

Utrecht University

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Current - 2022

  • Oog voor impact (guest lecture)
  • Topics covered from penalized regression to boosted trees and neural networks
  • Highest level course offered in department

Thesis supervision or assessment of Master thesis students

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2015

  • Total master students until present: 42
  • Study programmes: Health Economics, Health Economics, Policy and Law, European Health Economics Master

Teaching and tutor activities

Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2015

  • Pharmaceutical Pricing and Market Access (co-coordinator)
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Advanced Health Economic Modelling

Honours & Awards

Research and education fellowship

Community for Learning and Innovation

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Current - 2022

  • The Fellowhsip covers 0.2 FTE for a period of two years for my educational project “Data and Health”, which I share with another colleague

2018 Best Student Poster Research Presentation

International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)

N/A

2018 - 2018

  • Poster title: The Cost Of Healthcare For Children With Sickle Cell Disease: An Analysis Of Healthcare Utilization And Expenditures In The Netherlands

2013 ESST European Award for Aspiring Undergraduates

The European Inter-University Association on Society, Science, and Technology (ESST)

N/A

2013 - 2013

  • The European Masters Programme in Society, Science and Technology (ESST) was sponsoring an award of 1,000 € for the best undergraduate essay on the connection between science and society (or technology and society). Undergraduates of all fields, studying at any European university, were eligible to apply. See also: http://esst.eu/award/

Selected publications as first author

I regularly publish my research in international peer-reviewed journals.

Designing and Testing of a Health-Economic Markov Model for Prevention and Treatment of Early Psychosis

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

N/A

2019 - 2019

Long-term economic consequences of child maltreatment: a population-based study

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

N/A

2016 - 2016

Selected publications as last author

In recent years, I increasingly publish articles as last author.